An odontogenic keratocyst possesses tumor-like characteristics because of its clinical behavior. The aggressive growth, high recurrence rate and seeding of the cyst into soft tissue exemplify this behavior, ft has been reported that the age distribution for keratocysts has a biomodal characteristic, with the first and greater peak in the second and third decades and a second lower peak in the fifth decade. Incidence of occurrence before age ten is low. In this report, odontogenic keratocyst in a five-year-old Saudi boy is presented and the management of the case is briefly discussed.

 
Saudi Dental Journal 1994;6(1):27-30.